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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum
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To: carranza2 who wrote (89027)4/12/2012 12:17:44 PM
From: bart131 Recommendation   of 218031
 
If things are so great, why are interest rates so low?

Heavy intervention and a way below market Fed Funds rate.
The Fed's Securities Lending OMO uses tens of billions per day to hold rates down.

(repost of chart from earlier post on real GDP that was messed up)

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